EDGE writes:
Harmonix design director Rob Kay discusses the cost of success, the value of DLC, and the inflated price of the Rock Band European bundle.
In Europe, Rock Band is twice the price of the American version – what happened?
The price is worked out in collaboration between us, distributors and retailers. I'm from the UK, I understand the whole 'Why is it that all consumer electronics I buy have the same number, but with the dollar sign replaced with a pound sign?' thing. I feel the pain: the price is kind of frightening. I don't mean to make excuses, but there's VAT, prices in the US don't include tax, and things like that. We wanted to give people a choice, though: splash £50 on the game and use any USB microphone to sing. Or you could get drums or guitar...
